Will passive houses gain more momentum in the U.S.?

The first of group of Passive House certified homes called the Stables will be ready for occupancy this spring.

Organizer: British Columbia Institute of Technology
Location: Online

The most energy-efficient, large-scale office building ever built in a cold climate is found in Boston, with designers choosing Elevate roofing systems for the job.

The O'Neill Passive House, America's first passive house retrofit project, requires as much energy to operate as a standard hair dryer.

University of Oregon architecture student Cameron Huber scores the top spot (and $2,000) in Hammer & Hand's beauty and brawn-seeking perFORM Design Competition.

Bryan Cranston — the actor behind "Breaking Bad," television's favorite chemistry teacher-turned-meth manufacturer — appears at Dwell on Design to discuss

The Passive House Institute and the Passive House Institute US are making news this week as standards change and they diverge further.

Serenity may not be a spaceship but it is still out of this world.

But is it a pyrrhic victory?

These are very common in Europe but new to North America. We need a lot more of them.

And that's just the way the architect and developer like it.

These are interesting times for the Passive House movement in America, and this should be a very interesting conference.

This super-insulated home is built to be earthquake-resistant too.

We have been asking that question for a while and it keeps coming up.

It may lead to as many as 20,000 passive houses being built over the next five years.

A quantity surveyor deals with construction costs for a living, and shows how it's done.

If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere.

But Passive House is so expensive! How can you build housing for the homeless and low income families this way?

Architect Jonathan Kearns shows that you can have it all.

A lot of the permaculture design principles make just as much sense for buildings.

ZH architects faced a lot of serious challenges here, and came up with innovative solutions.

Phoenix Haus brings European prefab technology to the midwest

We have never actually explained this in one post on TreeHugger. I am going to try.

Boston is getting a "CLT Cellular Passive House Demonstration Project" that pushes every TreeHugger button.

It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun.

Can a recirculating fan deliver the indoor air quality we should demand?

Although the term “Passive House” might seem to refer to single family homes, these concepts can be applied to all kinds of buildings.

Hint: it's not the one with the solar panels on the front.

Andrew Michler figures it out in his own home in Colorado.

Gaobeidian Railway City is jaw-dropping, showing how to scale energy efficient building.